There are four major steps to build a website:
1. Domain name
2. Server/Space
3. Procedure
4. Filing
1. Domain name
When we normally visit a website, we first enter the domain name of the website in the address bar of the browser, or search for relevant content through a search engine, and then enter the website. What is loaded is also the domain name of the website, so building a website requires a company domain name first; There are mainly two platforms for purchasing domain names in China, DNSPOD and Wanwang, which are backed by two top domestic cloud platform companies, Tencent Cloud and Alibaba Cloud.
The purchase principles of domain names are: short, easy to remember, and associated with business. Therefore, when selecting a domain name, it is recommended to define and select the domain name with the first letter of the company name or business name. If the domain name is registered, consider adding some characters or changing the domain name territory. For example, if. com is registered, you can also choose. cn or. xin as your company's domain name.
2. Server/Space
After the rapid development of cloud computing in the past decade, most websites now choose to deploy directly on cloud servers rather than virtual hosts for the following reasons:
Scalability: The virtual host itself has limited space and relatively limited scalability. However, in today's Internet era, explosive business growth is possible at any time. If the deployment environment is limited, it will have a huge impact on the business; ECS can just solve this problem;
Stability/security: ECS is much higher than virtual machines in terms of both business stability and security; Virtual machines basically divide resources on the basis of a single physical machine, while ECS virtualizes multiple physical machines into physical resource pools to divide resources. In addition, the underlying storage of ECS mostly adopts distributed storage, and data is backed up in triplicate to ensure data security.
Convenient management: ECS can be deployed anytime and anywhere in the case of network, regardless of purchase, configuration, operation and maintenance, and has full operation authority, bringing infinite possibilities to the business; Both physical machines and traditional virtual machines cannot meet this requirement;
Is there any cloud platform that can be recommended?
If you consider the comprehensive cost performance ratio, Alibaba Cloud and Tencent Cloud are undoubtedly the best choice. The recent mid year special offers are very strong and suitable for personal configurations
3. Procedure
Generally, programs can be obtained in the following ways:
Open source code modification: commonly used open source websites in China, such as Zhimeng CMS, Wordpress, etc., can find the corresponding source code through a simple search engine. However, considering that the source code UI is too simple, they usually choose another template to increase the beauty of the site, which can be directly searched through the search engine for "Zhimeng Cat" or "Wordpress Theme" You can find the corresponding resources and make your website colorful through simple configuration. This is the lowest cost way to build a website. The operation depends on the team level.
Self research/outsourcing company procurement: most large companies will choose self research, after all, they support the development team, so it is OK to do this small job; However, due to the lack of corresponding professional developers, most small and medium-sized companies will choose outsourcing. However, there are many problems in outsourcing, such as not giving source code, too high costs, indiscriminate collection of maintenance fees, earning server price difference, and not giving domain names. So if you choose an outsourcing company, you must negotiate the corresponding conditions to avoid nonsense at that time. This way of building a website has the highest cost and unpredictable risks.
Cloud station building: At present, Alibaba Cloud has the intention to choose and build a station, providing thousands of templates to choose from, and providing rich functions such as applet, payment, and operation, which is especially suitable for enterprises to use when building a station. In addition, Alibaba Cloud endorses the brand, which is more trustworthy. The cost of this station building method is controllable, and the operating cost is relatively low.
Template display and successful cases
4. Filing
Filing can be said to be a digression, but it has to be mentioned because many people will get stuck in the filing process, affecting the use of their own websites; Here we remind you:
If you use an ECS or virtual host in mainland China, the domain name must be filed;
If you want to build a website that does not need to be filed and need to use overseas cloud servers, you can refer to Tencent Cloud's
The global purchase of ECS is more favorable for new users
If the domain name has been registered with service provider A, it must be transferred to service provider B for registration, that is, add a service provider to ensure the normal access of the domain name.
For domain name registration and transfer in, please refer to Alibaba Cloud's domain name registration and transfer in
